"To feel like somebody's property is just pure disgust," Edwards said, so she went to police.

She told the story to an officer. Then to a detective.

"I talked to Randi about why she did not try to resist harder," the detective wrote. "She explained that she did not want her children to hear it, she physically can't resist him because of the size difference and her handicap and she is afraid that he would hurt her."

She provided text messages to police from the man that she believes are incriminating, including: "Well I guess I was in the wrong then, I'm sorry babe I thought you were ok with it" and "Guess I didn't know you felt that way. I apologize seriously babe that makes me feel s---ty that you really feel that way."

Edwards told the story at the hospital as she was poked and prodded for hours as part of a rape kit test.

Her therapist wrote a letter to police, outlining the account Edwards gave her — which matched what she told police.

Edwards wrote the story down when she filed for an ex-parte order of protection. She told it to a victim advocate.

Edwards said she did this because she wanted justice — and she thought police and prosecutors would, too.

Then, she waited, calling the detective from time to time to check on her case.

Edwards said she was never notified that an assistant prosecuting attorney had turned down the case on Feb. 1.

Police had spoken with the suspect, who had since left Missouri. He denied wrongdoing and said Edwards was bitter.

The detective wrote the prosecutor declined charges because they were "unable to corroborate the suspect had knowledge that victim was not consenting."

Police did not submit a probable cause statement to prosecutors, a typical step before charges are filed, though a police official emphasized that the decision to press charges rests with the prosecutor.

The News-Leader reached out to the Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab Tuesday and was told to submit any questions via email.

Edwards said she wondered if her case wasn't taken seriously because she was young, has tattoos, and lives on Springfield's north side.

To Edwards, it seems like all it took to shut down her case was a denial from the man she says raped her.

"I want accountability... This should have gone to court," she said. "Don't tell us to come forward to protect us if you're not going to do your job."

She watched Police Chief Paul Williams apologize to sexual assault victims in a public video posted after CNN's investigative report, but she didn't find it authentic.

Edwards said she spoke with Williams last week after he publicly invited any victims to contact him. Edwards said she was told her case would be looked into, but she felt as though Williams was trying to get her off the phone.

Edwards met with Chapman, the assistant prosecuting attorney, on Monday and said that discussion went even worse.

She called the meeting "an absolute joke."

Edwards said she spent the weekend digging through old text messages and recordings at the request of Chapman.

"He said he still wasn't going to be able to do anything for the case," Edwards said. "...All he kept saying was, 'Well, I've been doing this for 10 years.'"

According to Edwards, Chapman said he believed her, but he doesn't want victims having to relive trauma on the stand if the case won't end in a conviction.

"I don't need to talk to a therapist," she said. "I need someone to do something different within the system."

In a statement, Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson said the decision to charge someone with a crime rests on whether there is enough admissible evidence to prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.

"In acquaintance rape cases, the central issue is often whether we can prove a 'knowing lack of consent,'" Patterson said. "After evaluating the totality of evidence presented, the case you inquired about was declined by an experienced assistant prosecutor because there was insufficient evidence to meet the state’s burden to prove 'knowing lack of consent.'”